Graffiti at Pelham High School removed

Photo taken Jan. 31, after town workers removed graffiti from Pelham High School, uner the direction of the school district's Maintenance Director, Alan Miller. (SUN/John Collins)

PELHAM -- The graffiti is gone.

The words of grief and remembrance for deceased classmate Zach Andrews that were spray-painted a week ago on Pelham High School were erased by town workers this week, acting Superintendent of Schools Amanda Lecaroz said Thursday.

"We did it in-house because we were trying to keep the cost down," said Lecaroz.

Town employees cleaned all traces of the lettering from the school building at 85 Marsh Road under the supervision of Alan Miller, director of maintenance for the Pelham School District, Lecaroz said. It had been on the masonry over the top of dozens of windows along the right side of the school.

The cleanup cost, which those responsible may be asked to pay, was still being tabulated, Lecaroz said.

Photo taken at Pelham High School Jan. 23, showing grafitti. (SUN/John Collins)

The Pelham Police Department's investigation into the vandalism remained ongoing Friday.

Lecaroz said she was reluctant to continue discussing the graffiti in newspaper articles because it has been a hurtful subject for the Andrews family.

Zach Andrews, 16, died Jan. 19 from complications of a rare form of pneumonia. He was buried at Gibson Cemetery last Friday following a funeral service that was attended by hundreds of mourners at Saint Patrick's Church.

The Andrews family has established a Pelham High School scholarship fund in Zach's memory that will benefit a boy or girl who plans to study history or archaeology in college. Donations to the Zachary John Andrews Scholarship Fund may be sent to Sovereign Bank, P.

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